5АЬ15ВНКУ 1ЫС1ВЕЫТ Мовсош 22 Магс11 2018 Timeline Slide 1 4 March: Three people exposed to a nerve agent in Salisbury 200m KEY LOCATIONS 8 March: UK Delegation to the OPCW informed the Technical Secretariat that two people had been taken seriously ill 12 March: Prime Minister publicly identified the substance used as a Novichok nerve agent. Russian Ambassador asked to explain Skripal’s house 13 March: Midnight deadline expired. No explanation received 14 March: Prime Minister set out the UK’s response 14 March: Prime Minister wrote to the OPCW Zizzi restaurant Shopping centre 18 March: Russia announced retaliatory action 19 March: OPCW team arrived in the UK 20 March: 23 undeclared Russian intelligence officers expelled from the UK Bishop’s Mill pub A New Phase of Russia Aggression Slide 2 • Military-grade Novichok nerve agent positively identified by experts at the UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory at Porton Down, an OPCW-accredited and designated laboratory • Novichok is a group of agents developed only by Russia and not declared under the CWC • A violation of the fundamental prohibition on the use of chemical weapons (Art. 1 CWC) • First offensive use of a nerve agent in Europe since the Second World War • We are without doubt that Russia is responsible. No country bar Russia has combined capability, intent and motive. There is no plausible alternative explanation • As of Sunday 18 March, we count over thirty parallel lines of Russian disinformation “Based on this capability, combined with their record of conducting state sponsored assassinations – including against former intelligence officers whom they regard as legitimate targets - the UK Government concluded it was highly likely that Russia was responsible for this reckless and despicable act.” Prime Minister Theresa May, 14 March Effects of Novichok • Novichok interferes with the normal functioning of the nervous system. If untreated, it will cause death by asphyxiation or cardiac arrest • Sergei Skripal, his daughter Yulia Skripal, and UK policeman Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey remain in hospital • 51 people have been assessed in hospital • 131 civilians have potentially been in contact with the nerve agent • 250 specialist counter-terrorism officers involved in the investigation • 180 military personnel were deployed Slide 3 A Long Pattern of Russian Malign Activity November 2006 Assassination of Alexander Litvinenko May 2007 DDoS attack disables Estonia’s internet May 2015 Bundestag hack August 2008 Invasion of Georgia February 2014 Occupation of Crimea; destabilisation of Ukraine Slide 4 17 July 2014 MH-17 shot down killing all 283 passengers June 2015 to November 2016 Interference in US election January 2016 The ‘Lisa Case’ disinformation campaign against Germany 2015 to 2016 Danish Defence Ministry hack October 2016 Coup attempt in Montenegro June 2017 NotPetya cyber ransomware attack March 2018 Attempted assassination of Sergey and Julia Skripal UK’s Measured and Proportionate Response • Attribution to the Russian State • Dismantling of the network of Russian intelligence operatives in the UK • Suspension of all planned bilateral contacts • Enhanced Border Controls • Tackling Criminality and Corruption • New Legislation • Other measures to Counter Hostile State Activity Slide 5